Chapter VI

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

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From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

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From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

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From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

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From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

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From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

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From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

later than; following

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

make certain of

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

the month following July and preceding September

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

for the reason that

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

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From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

superlative of “deep” — relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

plural of “degree” — a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

housing that someone is living in

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

inflected form of “dwell” — think moodily or anxiously about something

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

past form of “enter” — to come or go into

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

a movement into or inward

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

plural of “footstep” — the sound of a step of someone walking

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

set up or found

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

the act of departing

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

advanced in complexity or elaboration

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

superlative of “high” — greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

water frozen in the solid state

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

an iconic mental representation

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

plural of “image” — an iconic mental representation

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

a message received and understood

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

having much knowledge or education

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

the force of workers available

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

plural of “men” — the force of workers available

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

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From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

not one and not the other of two

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

not any; not one

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

To move from a closed position.

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

the time that has elapsed

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

precisely, exactly

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

plural of “russian” — a native or inhabitant of Russia

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

cut with a saw

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

transport commercially

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

a particular situation

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

to, toward, or in the southeast

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

to, toward, or in the southwest

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

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From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

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From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

in or at that place or location

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

near that time or date

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

of or concerning this or that

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

an old word meaning “to that place”

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

in the direction of

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

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From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

plural of “ware” — articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: “silverware”, “software”

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

(used informally) very small

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

at the time that

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

in or at the place that

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

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From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

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From this reading And to assure vs the more thereof, wee might perceiue it by the great number of images, which we found there upon the Image or Beelthooke [455] (so called by us) in great aboundance, whereof ten dayes after we were better informed by the Samuters [456] and the Russians, when we spake with them.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

third-person singular of “wind” — to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

From this reading The right chanell betweene the Image Point [445] and the Samuters land [446] was full of ice, so that it was not well [447] to be past through, and so we went into the road, which we called the Trayen Bay, [448] because we found store of trayen-oyle there: this is a good bay for the course of the ice, [449] and good almost for all windes, and we may saile so farre into it as we will at 4, 5, and 3 fadome, good anchor-ground: on the east side it is deepe [450] water.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The 20 of August, the height of the sunne being taken with the crosse-staffe, [451] wee found that it was eleuated aboue the horizon 69 degrees 21 minuts, [452] when it was south-west and by south, being at the highest, or before it began to descend.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading The 21 of August we went on land within the Wey-gates [453] with foure and fiftie men, to see the scituation of the countrey, and being 2 [8] miles within the land, we found many vel-werck trayen, and such like wares, [454] and diuers footsteps of men and deere; whereby wee perceived that some men dwelt thereabouts, or else vsed to come thither.

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From this reading And when wee entered further [457] into the land, wee vsed all the meanes we could, to see if we could find any houses, or men, by whom wee might bee informed of the scituation of the sea [458] there abouts; whereof afterwards wee had better intelligence by the Samuters, that tolde vs, that there are certaine men dwelling on the Wey-gates, [459] and vpon Noua Zembla; but wee could neither finde men, houses, nor any other things; so that to have better information, we went with some of our men further south-east into the land, towards the sea-side; [460] and as we went, we found a path-way made with mens feete in the mosse or marsh-ground, about halfe knee deepe, for that going so deepe wee felt hard ground vnder our feete, which at the deepest was no higher than our shoes; and as wee went forward to the sea coast, wee were exceeding glad, thinking that wee had seene a passage open, where wee might get through, because we saw so little ice there: and in the euening entering into our ship againe, wee shewed them that newes.